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''Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.''
- George Washington, Letter of Instructions to the Captains of the Virginia Regiments (July 29, 1759)
''The Revolutionary War lasted 8 years (1775-1783). George Washington lost every battle except for the last one, yet the Revolutionaries continued the battle, with the support of the colonists, until they won.''
American History 1775-1783: American War of Independence, Revolutionary War, was a war between Great Britain and revolutionaries in 13 colonies, who declared their independence as the United States of America in 1776.
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The foundations of George Washington's boyhood home discovered [pics]
The foundations of George Washington's childhood house have been discovered at Ferry Farm in Virginia. The half million artifacts recovered will help historians fill in huge gaps in the story of the first U.S. president's early life. The biographies of Washington usually start when he's 23, but this dig will let historians start stories much earlier. After a 7-year search, the team was able to id the floor plan, and the archaeological data matched information from a tax review after Washington's father died in 1743. The Washingtons kept about 10 slaves in the main farmhouse and outbuildings, while another 20 lived nearby.
by nationalgeographic.com :: 2008-07-02 :: George Washington
Prelude to Civil War: Americans slaughtered their countrymen in the Battle of Waxhaws
It was an unlikely encounter: British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton had led 270 American Tories over a hundred miles on foot and horseback in 54 hours, hoping to catch rebel soldiers after their failure to rescue Charleston. But the sudden skirmish in woodlands in the Waxhaw area became a grim footnote of another war fought during the Revolution: an American civil war. "In the South, it became common to have Americans against Americans, with communities and even families divided just as in the later Civil War," says John Ferling, the author of "Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence."
by usnews.com :: 2008-07-02 :: Overview & History
Early American history walking tour of Lower Manhattan
While many of you are in your beds in the early hours of July 4, I will be leading a 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. tour of Revolutionary War sites in Lower Manhattan. Two key battles (Long Island, Saratoga) were fought in New York state. And 3 important Revolutionary War generals (Richard Montgomery, Alexander Hamilton and Horatio Gates) are buried in Lower Manhattan. The tour starts on the west side of City Hall Park, where George Washington on July 9, 1776, had the Declaration of Independence first read in the city, and where on July 6, 1774, Hamilton, then a young student at King's College, gave a great speech about resisting the king.
by James Kaplan :: 2008-07-02 :: History Tours
African-Americans ended up on both sides of the war
It seemed that the issue of African-Americans in the Continental Army would be settle easily. After taking command in 1775 General George Washington - a slave owner - ruled that no black, free or enslaved, could be recruited to fight. He was responding to southerners' fear that arming blacks would lead to slave rebellions, also many white soldiers didn't want to fight alongside "inferior" men. So a deal was struck: Those free blacks already in northern regiments would be able to finish their terms of service. Then Washington would have an all-white Army. But his plan didn't last long, as military realities soon made him to reverse course.
by usnews.com :: 2008-07-02 :: Black Soldiers
British warship HMS Ontario, which sank during the American War of Independence, found
Warship HMS Ontario, which sank during the American Revolutionary War, has been found in great condition at the bottom of Lake Ontario. It is the oldest shipwreck and only fully intact British warship ever discovered in the Great Lakes. The 22-gunship was lost with barely a trace during a gale in 1780. It was found by shipwreck buffs Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville with side-scanning sonar and an unmanned submersible. Historian Arthur Britton Smith, whose book The Legend of the Lake records the history of the HMS Ontario, said: "To have a Revolutionary War vessel that's practically intact is unbelievable."
by telegraph.co.uk :: 2008-06-19 :: Navy: Naval Forces & Battles
Deborah Samson fought in Revolution war disguised as a man
In 1782, Robert Shurtliff enlisted to fight in the Revolution as a "three-year man." Slender but muscular, Shurtliff served 17 months in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, was wounded twice, and honorably discharged. Somewhere along the way, authorities found out that Robert Shurtliff was in reality Deborah Samson - a woman. Massachusetts observes Deborah Samson Day - or, at least those people aware of her story do. She fought so well as a man that two centuries later governor Michael S. Dukakis declared her the Commonwealth's official state heroine, and May 23 as Deborah Samson Day.
by boston :: 2008-05-30 :: Misc information
Revolutionary re-enactors - Getting a break from the modern world
The sound of cannon and musket fire rang out at Fort Taber Park as Revolutionary War re-enactors performed drills. The United Train of Artillery of Rhode Island, with the Rehoboth Minutemen, carried out the type of drills used by revolutionaries over 200 years ago. The United Train of Artillery was created in 1774 as the Artillery Company of Providence. A year later, it was reorganised into the United Companies of the Train of Artillery in the Town of Providence, and it fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Volunteers reestablished the organization in 1995.
by southcoasttoday :: 2008-05-13 :: Reenactment & Reenactors
Jamestown Historical Society is celebrated the renovated museum
The Jamestown Historical Society is observing the completion of its year long $500,000 Capital Campaign with an Open House at the newly-renovated Jamestown Museum and the new vault in the Jamestown Town Hall. Paul Brunelle, dressed in the Revolutionary War uniform of Major Blogett, the guardian spirit of the Society's 1776 Battery in Battery Park, will protect the visitors as they cross between the museum and the vault. The Jamestown Historical Society, founded in 1912, is an all-volunteer organization committed to preserving, collecting, and sharing the island's history.
by jamestownpress :: 2008-05-13 :: Museums, Memorials and Statues